Monthly Archives: April 2013

Seamer and Irton Guides Start Out on Space “Go For It”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by sarascontent

Andy Exton FRAS visited the Girl Guides at Seamer and Irton on Monday 29th April to give them a talk on the Solar System and beyond.  The Guides are starting out working on the Space “Go For It” in the … Continue reading →






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SARAS Forum Maintenance

Posted on April 29, 2013 by sarascontent

The SARAS forums accessible via the website will be undergoing some plugin upgrades later for users with smartphone access so they may be unavailable for a short while.  Plugins currently included are for the Forum Runner and Tapatalk smartphone apps. … Continue reading →






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Partial Lunar Eclipse – 25th April

Posted on April 25, 2013 by sarascontent

Thursday 25th April 2013 sees a partial lunar eclipse and when I say partial, it is very partial!  The Moon with rise in the southeast and the maximum of the eclipse occurs when the Moon has an altitude of only … Continue reading →






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Society for the History of Astronomy Spring Conference 2013 – York 20th April

Posted on April 22, 2013 by sarascontent

The Society for the History of Astronomy (SHA) held their Spring Conference in York this past Saturday (20th April) at the Quaker Meeting House on Friargate.  Society secretary Andy Exton attended the conference as a visitor along with visitors from … Continue reading →






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Change of Speaker for April 19th Meeting

Posted on April 19, 2013 by sarascontent

Unfortunately due to illness, Dr Janet Humphreys has pulled out as guest speaker for the society meeting this evening.  However, society member Bob Christy FBIS who runs the Zarya.info website has kindly volunteered to step in and give a talk … Continue reading →






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Comet C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs) crosses Cassiopeia

Posted on April 17, 2013 by sarascontent

Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-Starrs) continues its journey in the northern hemisphere skies.  Over the next couple of weeks, the comet passes through the constellation of Cassiopeia and crosses the easily recognisable asterism of stars that form the ‘W’ on April … Continue reading →






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Dr Janet Humphreys visits the society on April 19th to talk cosmic recycling.

Posted on April 12, 2013 by sarascontent

Dr Janet Humphreys, formerly of the School of Earth and Environment at University of Leeds and current Open University  S283 (Planetary Science & the Search for Life) tutor, will be visiting the society on Friday April 19th as guest speaker … Continue reading →






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SARAS visit 1st Gildersome Brownies at Hutton le Hole

Posted on April 11, 2013 by sarascontent

1st Gildersome Brownies from Leeds were visited during their residential break in the village of Hutton le Hole on Wednesday 10th April to start work on their stargazer badge.  Secretary Andy Exton FRAS and Honorary President John Harper FRAS attended … Continue reading →






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